Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 79
Malfuzat - Volume I 79 miracles just mentioned. There were miracles that could be observed apparently, such as the splitting of the moon, and others which exceed 3,000 in number. Fur- thermore, the Holy Quran is replete with miracles of divine truth and insight and in this respect, fresh miracles are manifested anew in every era. As far as miracles of moral character are concerned, the very person of this blessed Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was an embodiment of: 1 إِنَّكَ لَعَلَى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ Thou dost surely possess high moral excellences. The Holy Quran speaks of its own miraculous nature in the following words: وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوْا بِسُوْرَةٍ مِّنْ مِّثْلِهِ And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it. These miracles are spiritual in nature. Just as the Holy Quran furnishes irrefu- table evidence in support of God's Unity, so too it has presented such wisdom, eloquence and clarity of language that man cannot create the like of it. At another instance, Allah the Exalted states: لَبِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْاِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَأْتُوْنَ بِمِثْلِهِ If mankind and the Jinn gathered together to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce the like thereof. The Eloquence and Articulacy of the Holy Quran Hence, in the context of spiritual miracles, no one ought to surmise that these are miracles only in the view and fancy of Muslims. Not only the naturalists of today, but even those who oppose naturalism, do not believe that the Quran is a miracle. Syed Ahmad has also faltered in this respect and does not accept the eloquence and articulacy of the Holy Quran to be a miracle. When I reflect, it is disappoint- ing that Syed Ahmad rejects miracles. The fact of the matter is that Syed Sahib cannot accept this miracle in any case because he says that an individual of any calibre-high or low-can produce the like thereof. However, it is regrettable 2 1 al-Qalam, 68:5 al-Baqarah, 2:24 Bani Isra'il, 17:89